Stamp-affixer.



STAMP AFFIXER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 80, 1904.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1904.

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'STAMP AFFIXERQ APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30. 1904.

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PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

LEON B. HAMPTON, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

STAMPAFFIXER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed September 30,1904. Serial No. 226,689.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEON B. HAMPTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stamp-Affixers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention is designed to perform the act of afiixing stamps to letter-envelops by mechanical means, which are operated by a hand-lever.

In preparing letters for the mail the usual method of moistening the stamp upon the tongue or with any of the devices in use for that purpose and then placing the stamp upon the envelop and pressing it down is laborious and troublesome, especially when large numbers of letters are to be mailed.

In using this machine the stamps, connected in strips, are put in the machine, the envelops are placed one at a time upon a plate or table and at each depression of a handlever a stamp is moistened, detached from the strip, and affixed to the envelop. Great rapidity, accuracy, and certainty of fixing the stamp are all secured by the slight effort of working the lever.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention, letters of reference indicating the various parts of the device, similar letters denoting corresponding parts in the several views.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine with its case or cover on. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the mechanism within the case. Fig. 3 is a plan view with the case removed. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the case. Fig. 5 shows the front end of thebase and stampguide. Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the rollers viewed from the rear. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the pad and cutter, and Fig. 8 is an elevation of the lower part of the front of the machine.

The letterA designates the case, made, preferably, of japanned tin and provided with a rear door a, a water-cup a near the front on one side, and front and rear openings a a to admit and discharge the stamps. At the front of the base is a table 6, on which the envelop is held to receive the stamp. On

the base B within the case stand two posts C C, furnishing bearings for the rock-shaft D. On one end of this shaft D is detachably connected an arm E, extending outside of the case beyond'the front end of the case and having a lateral support a for the stamp-pad F and cutter f. A lever G is detachably connected to the other end of the shaft D, movable on the outside of the case. The pad F and cutter fare adjustable by a set-screw f on the support 6 by means of a lug f having a transverse opening for the support 6. The pad when lowered rests upon the table 6.

H is an arm on the shaft D, connected by spring I: to an anchor h on the base A. When the downward pressure on the lever G is ended, the spring 7L restores the shaft D and lever G to their normal position and pushes the ratchet I forward on the wheel 1' in position to engage said wheel at the next movement of the lever.

The ratchet I, pivoted to arm H, is adapted to engage the wheel j on the stamp-feeding roller J. This roller J and the moisteningroller K are mounted on bearings m m and are provided with mutuallyengaging cogwheels is at their ends opposite to the ratchetwheel j.

N is a tray holding water, fed through the cup to and groove n in the base. The lower surface of the moistening-roller K is adjusted to be in contact with the water in the tray. A stop-bar O on the shaft D limits the action of the spring h.

P is astamp-guide extending from the opening a to the opening a on the base, excepting where the tray is interposed. At the front end this guide is higher at one side than at the other and sharpened so as to coact with the vertical blade on the cutter f in severing the stamps from the strip.

In operating this device, supply water to the tray, as already mentioned. Insert astrip of stamps into the opening a and push it into contact with the rollers. By depressing the lever Or the rollers are made to rotate partially and the stamps are drawn in between the rollers and moistened by the lower one, and as the lever is further operated the stamps are moved out over the envelops on the table and pressed upon by the pad F and cut off by the cutter f.

What I claim, and desire to secure, is

1. In a stamp-aflixer having an arm on its rocking shaft, a stamp-presser on said arm comprising a pad, a cutter thereon, a vertical blade at one edge of said cutter, a perforated lug on said cutter a set-screw in said lug to adustably secure said cutter-and pad to the lateral support on the arm which carries it, and a stamp-guide having a sharpened end to coact with said cutter, for the purpose herein set forth.

2. A stamp-afiixer comprising a base provided with a water-tray, a case on said base, a water-cup attached to said case, and a groove connecting said cup and said tray as specified.

3. A stamp-affixer comprising a base, a projecting table at its front end, a rock-shaft journaled in posts on said base, a hand-lever on said shaft, an arm on said shaft carrying a pad-adapted to press n pon said table, a stampguide on said base, a roller having a terminal cog-Wheel, an arm on said shaft to which is pivoted a ratchet adapted to engage said cog- LEON B. HAMPTON.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES GORNEMAN, THOMAS J. ALMY. 

